El Sicario Room 164

El Sicario Room 164
Director
Gianfranco Rosi
Country
France, Italy
Year
2010
Genre
Documentary
Scriptwriters
Gianfranco Rosi
Production
Les Films d'Ici

Storyline

Il sicario has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police in Chihuahua. He even received some training from the FBI. He has lived in Ciudad Juárez and has moved freely throughout Mexico and the United States. At the moment, there is a contract on his life of $250,000 and he lives as a fugitive, though he is still free and has never been charged with a crime in any country. The film takes place in a motel room on the U.S./Mexico border. The sicario is highly intelligent, very articulate and all too believable. The film stems from Charles Bowden’s essay The Sicario published in 2009 in “Harper’s Magazine”.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2010
Orizzonti